Arms trade treaty faces transparency hurdle at Mexico meeting


  • World
  • Thursday, 20 Aug 2015

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Efforts to impose transparency on the global arms trade at a pivotal meeting in Mexico next week face resistance from some major European exporters that could undermine a historic accord, arms control groups said on Wednesday.

Officials from over 100 governments are expected to attend the first conference of States Parties to the Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), a pact to regulate the trade that took force in December but has yet to agree fine print on how it will be implemented.

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